Ye Wanmian was truly busy. After entrusting the task of buying firewood to Xiao Jingcheng, she immediately got busy with Qi Wen inventorying the medicinal herbs.
Based on the current weather and the distribution of the residents in Dongli Town, she had come up with four herbal tea recipes last night.
They were for relieving summer heat and promoting salivation, clearing away heat and toxins, clearing the liver and improving eyesight, and dispelling dampness and promoting diuresis respectively.
All four recipes required a large amount of herbs. Fortunately, since Li Zhao took over as the accountant and replenished the stock in time, there were enough of them.
Ye Wanmian and Qi Wen divided the herbs into several portions according to the types of herbal tea and the amount needed for five days. As the two of them couldn't handle it alone, Mo Zhizhang soon joined them to share the workload, which sped up the process.
Li Zhao received his first acupuncture treatment last night with Mo Zhizhang's help, which suppressed the poison in his body. He slept very soundly last night. When he woke up, Ye Wanmian, Qi Wen, and Mo Zhizhang had already divided all the herbs and started boiling them in the pots.
"Second Master, you're awake!" Ye Wanmian ran over happily when she saw Li Zhao.
She was overjoyed to learn from Mo Zhizhang last night that Li Zhao's illness could be cured.
Since she came to Dongli Town, she had met many kind people who had spared no effort to help and protect her. She cherished such opportunities very much and didn't want anything to happen to the people around her.
Moreover, Uncle Li and her master were old friends. She sincerely hoped that Uncle Li could stay here until her master returned. She imagined that they would be very happy to reunite.
"Sorry, I slept too soundly last night and got up a bit late today," Li Zhao said apologetically. "Is there anything I can do to help now?"
Ye Wanmian looked back at Mo Zhizhang. Mo Zhizhang nodded at her, indicating that Li Zhao was fine. She said, "Uncle Li, you've come just in time. Could you please help me write some flags for the free herbal tea to hang around the shed for publicity?"
Knowing that she cared about him and didn't assign him any heavy tasks, Li Zhao immediately agreed. He walked to the table, picked up the linen cloth and writing brushes she had prepared, and started to paint.
At this time, the tarpaulins and tables and chairs that Ye Wanmian and Xiao Jingcheng had rented in the market yesterday were delivered.
The sun was rising gradually, and the sunlight shone all over the land. The residents of Dongli Town started their day's work at sunrise, and the streets became bustling. Under the gazes of the endless stream of passers-by, the stall for giving away free herbal tea from Huichuntang was quickly set up.
After hanging the flags written by Li Zhao on the poles, the stall for the free herbal tea immediately looked presentable.
At 9:45 am, the four kinds of herbal tea boiling in the medicine stoves were also boiling. Qi Wen and Mo Zhizhang carried the large cauldrons filled with the medicinal soup under the tree together, and everything was ready.
After a busy morning, everyone was sweating. Li Zhao looked around and found that Xiao Jingcheng was nowhere to be seen from beginning to end. He asked,
"By the way, where is the other person?"
Ye Wanmian touched her nose and said a bit guiltily, "There wasn't enough firewood at home, so I asked him to buy some. Uncle Li, don't worry. Dahuang is with him. He'll be fine."
Li Zhao smiled and helped her arrange the pulse pillows and other things on the table. "I'm not worried about him. I'm only worried about you."
Worried about her?
She was fine. What was there to worry about?
Ye Wanmian touched her head in confusion. Seeing that there were already many residents watching around, she nodded at Qi Wen and sat on both sides of the shed with Mo Zhizhang respectively.
Qi Wen raised his voice and shouted, "Hey, everyone in Dongli Town, those who pass by, come and take a look! To express our gratitude to the residents of the town for their care and support of Huichuntang, Huichuntang will set up a shed here from today to give away free herbal tea to everyone!"
"Those of you who have trouble sleeping at night due to the heat recently, or have mouth ulcers, or have severe eye swelling and pain, or still break out in cold sweats under the big sun, can all bring your own containers to get the herbal tea to drink. Huichuntang will not charge you any fees!"
"It's worth mentioning that Dr. Xiao Jiang and the newly recruited Dr. Mo from Huichuntang will offer free pulse - taking consultations for everyone today. During these five days of giving away free herbal tea, for those who need medicine for treatment, Huichuntang will only charge half of the consultation fee!"
"Opportunities don't come twice. Everyone should seize this opportunity well!"
Since there was quite a commotion under the tree, there were already many onlookers around. After Qi Wen's shout, even more people were attracted.
Everyone still remembered what had happened in Huichuntang yesterday. Now seeing that Huichuntang really set up a shed to give away free herbal tea, everyone was extremely happy.
"Wow, I didn't expect Dr. Xiao Jiang to keep her promise and really come out to give away free herbal tea!"
"Yes, and she even allows us to bring our own containers to fill the herbal tea. Dr. Xiao Jiang is really generous!"
"Stop talking. I'm going home to get my clay pot!"
"Yes, me too!"
Many residents ran back home to get their containers. Some passers - by who happened to carry water bags with them lined up on the spot directly.
Seeing that things had started well, Ye Wanmian deliberately said, "Now that there are two doctors in our Huichuntang, everyone can choose the doctor they want to see according to their own needs. There's no need to worry about the gender barrier anymore."
She thought that after she said this, many women would come to line up for her to take their pulses. However...
All the women in Dongli Town crowded towards Mo Zhizhang's table.
"Doctor, please take a look at me quickly. I've been unable to eat or sleep well recently. What's wrong with me?"
A woman stretched out her hand for Mo Zhizhang to take her pulse, and her eyes blinked at him from time to time, putting on a shy look.
Ye Wanmian: "..."
Looking at the old woman in front of her who could hardly straighten her back and some men who couldn't squeeze over there and had to come to her, she took a deep breath and showed a polite smile:
"Grandma, please stretch out your hand."
Meanwhile, Li Zhao and Qi Wen took over one water bag and clay pot after another and poured the cooled - down herbal tea into them according to everyone's needs.
Huichuntang was bustling with activity. At this time, in an empty corner, Xiao Jingcheng blocked Dahuang in a corner and squatted down to look it in the eye.
"Just now I had a fight with Mo Zhizhang and lost. Are you very unhappy?"
Dahuang snorted from its nose and turned its head away, not looking at him.
[Little purple guy, you said you'd teach me. You're not good. Dahuang won't learn from you. I'll learn from Uncle.]
This stupid dog really knew how to play favorites.
Xiao Jingcheng smiled to himself and then said, "I once possessed your body and shared it with you. Do you know what this means?"
Dahuang's ears twitched. Although it didn't turn back, it was listening to him.
"This means that you, me, and Jiang Mian are a family. Everyone else is an outsider."